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Family First Feature
On January 1, thousands of Jewish men will dance in joyous celebration of the completion of Talmud Bavli. But they couldn’t have done it without the equal devotion of their wives

By Sandy Eller

Personal Accounts
Twelve writers share the messages they mined from months gone by

By Family First Contributors

Family First Feature
Four experts share their perspective on common parenting scenarios, and let us know when we have to act and when the best action is inaction

By Elisheva Appel

Family First Feature
She was fascinated by bees and dreamed of owning her own hive. Could that dream possibly come true in middle of the city? One family’s beekeeping adventures

By Naomi Elbinger

Family Matters
At a particular stage of my husband’s illness, it became clear that the shul we were attending no longer met our needs

By Joan Zlotnick

Family Tempo
I found them in the ER. The baby was flailing in my husband’s arms, an oxygen mask over his tiny face

By Shaina King

Windows
Can I, too, be created anew? Perhaps I can tap into the power of the day and become a new creation, sans impatience

By Elana Rothberg

Musings
I stand there with my years’ worth of baggage. Praying for another year

By Rivka Streicher

Point of View
Rebbe Nachman teaches us how we can win a favorable judgment

By Rabbi Moshe Grylak zt"l

50 Reasons

By Ariella Stern

Guestlines
Come a new year, we have to ask ourselves: Is our bucket list for us, or for them?

By Rabbi Aryeh Zev Ginzberg

The Road Home
It takes a few days for me to realize something about this new house. Sissika is not here. She didn’t come. We didn’t bring her

By Malka Winner

Shul of My Youth
For some reason my father chose to become a member at Dukes Place, and that was our shul

By Riki Goldstein

Vacancies
A mix of high decibel “Yayyys!” gave Talia her answer, and she was flooded by an unexpected sense of relief. I haven’t lost my touch after all

By Esther Teichtal